New Year’s Eve…

Mt. Hood

Hello everyone,

Last weekend we went to Mt. Hood to get some pictures in the snow. I have to say that these new rain/snow boots I got from #Maurices worked perfectly for the weather. My feet stayed dry and warm the entire time.

Also, You might have noticed by now, but I really enjoy taking pictures in the cold because I feel like I look better. It could be that I am hiding my problem areas. I do love the winter accessories, scarves, hats, boots, etc.

Well, here we are at the end of this very interesting and tumultuous year. 2020 was not the best year for most people. For me it started out with Concordia closing announcement on February 10th. Then the pandemic, lockdown, online teaching and so on… However, I have decided to look at 2020 from a positive lens. I got to go to Ghana and see one of my best friends again. A person I consider to be like a big sister, I got to spend a week with her and I even got to visit the Slave Castles on the coast of Ghana. I went to a nice birthday party and did some other fun things. It was truly a wonderful trip.

Another great thing from 2020 is that even though I lost my job at Concordia, I got this wonderful job at Nativity. I get to teach amazing kids and I work with an amazing group of people. I honestly feel like God has a plan for me and this is part of it. I am teaching Religion and that is teaching me a lot too. I get to pray several times a day and that has been a huge blessing too.

One more blessing of 2020 was that my brother and his family moved to Portland too. Now we are all together again. (Unfortunately for them, they came a month before the pandemic started.) It has been fun for my kids to spend more time with their uncle and aunt and for me to have a ‘sister’ nearby to go shopping together.

2020 also provided me with lots of time to work on crafts and even creating new things, I have learned to use resin, and have made lots of fun things, I got to sell things on Etsy and have discovered other fun things I enjoy doing.

So, you might want to think about the positives this year provided, it is so easy to dwell on the negative and forget the good things that happened, so make an effort to think about the positive.

Thank you for following me and my adventures this year and I will see you in 2021,